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Texas Lawyer

(350 posts) Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:12 PM Nov 2012

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Sell! Sell! Sell! The bottom is falling out of the Romney shares at the Iowa Electronic Market! (Original Post) Texas Lawyer Nov 2012 OP

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1. Note that the IEM doesn't have a market for electoral votes only popular vote.

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 02:56 PM

Nov 2012

(The market you linked to is people betting on who will be winning the most votes in total).

(350 posts)

2. Exactly. IEM also has a market which focuses on each candidate's share of the vote.

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:55 PM

Nov 2012